Abstract:
The educational achievements of a representative
national sample of Australian school-leavers were
examined after leaving school. The study was part of the
longitudinal Youth in Transition study - a national
probability sample of Australian youth. There was
sufficient evidence to argue that the educational and
occupational achievements were related to gender,
socio-economic status, ethnicity, geographical location
(rurality), completion of the highest level of secondary
schooling, vocational interests in high school and even
levels of literacy and numeracy in primary school. A
tentative model of educational-vocational achievement is
outlined.
